Whats in it this time, and can it pass . Plus, a dangerous heat wave blarn kets the blankets the east coast. Nevada declares a marijuana emergency. And an american surprise at wimbledon. As Venus Williams tries to extend her own historic run today, thursday, july 13th, 2017. Announcer from nbc news, this is today with matt lauer and Savannah Guthrie live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. Good morning, everybody. Welcome to today. Its 7 00 on the west coast on a thursday morning. Nice to have you with us. Nice to have you with us on a very busy news morning. A lot of breaking news overnight. Starting with major developments in that search for four young men who vanished near philadelphia. Police have now found the body of one of those men along with human remains buried in a farm in whats described as a common grave 12 feet deep. Nbcs Stephanie Gosk is live at the scene. Whats the latest . Reporter good morning. This is really news these family members were dreading. This is now officially a murder case. At the center of it, according to police, a man that they have in cussty that they are describing a is a person of interest. This morning, a major break in the case in the disappearance of four young men. We have found human remains. An approximately 12 1 2foot deep common grave. One of the bodies identified as 19yearold dean finocchiaro. Police are not identifying the other remains in the grave. This is a homicide. Make no mistake. Police say cadaver dogs led them to the site. Those dogs could smell these four boys 12 1 2 feet below the ground. The grandfather of another one of the missing men told a producer the bodies were found under a propane tank. They lifted a propane tank out and they were sifting through it and they found a blue tarp. A what . Blue tarp. 20yearold Cosmo Dinardo was arrested wednesday. Police calling him a person of interest in the case. They say he tried to sell a car to a friend for 500. According to the criminal complaint, meos car was found on property belonging to the dinardo family. Remains were found in a different location, on the grounds of dinardos 90acre home. In Court DocumentsPolice Describe dinardo as suffering from mental illness. We heard a series of blasts. A neighbor of the dinardos said she heard shots saturday afternoon. Very disturbing gunshot fires and then i heard some commotion. Jimmy kirkpatrick, mark sturgis, tom meo and dean finocchiaro all went missing last week. Police have one message for the families. Well bring each and everyone of these lost boys home to their families one way or another. We will not rest until we do that. Reporter police are still working this morning to remove and identify those bodies. As for 20yearold Cosmo Dinardo, he is being held on 5 million cash bail. Stephanie gosk, thank you. Also breaking right now, President Trumps arrival in paris. The formal welcoming ceremony just wrapped up. He and the first lady were greeted by french president Emmanuel Macron and his wife. Weve got complete coverage starting in paris with nbcs chief White House Correspondent hallie jackson. Hallie, good morning. Reporter hi, matt, good morning to you. This morning the president is basically putting an ocean between himself and those controversies surrounding russia back home. He is here in france to celebrate bastille day and to honor the 100 years since the first u. S. Troops arrived in france during world war i. It is also now the First Anniversary of that horrific terror attack in nice. When a truck plowed through crowds of people celebrating the French National day. And that fight against isis, how to handle counterterrorism and the situation in syria is expected to be the top topic for these two leaders here. There are deep disagreements on trade and Climate Change will likely take more of a back seat. Stylistically these are two very different leaders, not just in age. President macron a little more aloof, a little more distant. President trump more visceral. And President Trump is not particularly popular here in france. A recent survey shows just 14 of french citizens have confidence in his policies. We do expect to see some protests. But the highlight of the day will be that short News Conference between President Trump and president macron when President Trump will almost certainly be asked about his sons meeting with that russian lawyer during the campaign, that shadow of russia still hanging over him here. Hallie jackson traveling with the president in paris, thank you very much. As just mentioned, donald trump jr. s conversation with a russian attorney has followed President Trump to france. This video shows the president years earlier with some of the same people in that controversy. Nbc correspondent Peter Alexander has more on that part of the story. Peter, good morning. Good morning. That exclusive video pulling back the curtain really on the relationship between donald trump and some of the key players in this latest russian twist. In a new interview, the president says there is nothing wrong with his sons Controversial Campaign meeting with a russian lawyer, claiming Many Political pros said everybody would do that. This video shot exclusively by nbc showing donald trump in moscow ahead of the Miss Universe pageant four years ago. Here attending to Birthday Party for his former Business Partner, aras agalarov. 39 years old. Come here. Also there, his son and pop star emin who emails showed he asked a trusted associate during the campaign to set up that meeting between donald trump jr. And a russian attorney. I like russians. Reporter the president telling reuters he first found out about the meeting a couple of days ago and defending his sons decision to take the meeting where he was promised incriminating information about Hillary Clinton from russia. I think many people would have held that meeting. On twitter, declaring don junior innocent with some allies suggesting his presidency is now paralyzed. Mr. Trump is trying to turn the page, praising americas improving relationship with putin in the wake of last weeks lengthy face to face. I think we got along really well and i think thats a good thing. Thats not a bad thing. Despite meddling to help trump win, the question is Hillary Clinton would be preferred in office. If hillary had won, our military would be decimated. Our energy would be much more expensive. Thats what putin doesnt like me. Thats why i say, why would he want me . Reporter meanwhile, the president s pick to replace james comey at the fbi, Christopher Wray, appears a shooin for confirmation. If the president asked you to do something unlawful or unethical, what do you say . First, i would try to talk him out of it. And if that failed, i would resign. Reporter hours after the president again called the special counsels russia investigation a witch hunt. Im asking you, as the future fbi director, you consider this endeavor a witch hunt . I do not consider director muller to be on a witch hunt. Reporter Christopher Wray says no one, including President Trump, asked him to pledge loyalty. He also says he has no reason to doubt that russia was cyber harksigncyber hacking the election. Many Senate Democrats say they will vote to confirm him. Looks like he will be confirmed with bipartisan support. Were joined by Michael Mcfaul, he served as u. S. Ambassador to russia from 2012 to 2014 and is now an nbc news Russian Affairs analyst. Michael, good morning. Thanks for having me. You know as much about Vladimir Putin and russia as anyone in this country but i want to take you back to 2008 when you worked on Barack Obamas president ial campaign. If you had received as a member of that campaign the kind of offer that donald trump jr. Received, an offer to meet with a russian lawyer who had damaging information again, then john mccain, that could help Barack Obamas candidacy, what would your course of action have been . Well, first of all, i would consider that highly unethical to take that information. Second, id be highly suspicious of that information thinking that it might be a russian intelligence operation designed to compromise our campaign. And so, third, i think i would have been in touch with the fbi. To make sure that they know who these people are and what theyre trying to do to compromise our electoral process. But in fairness by that time you were pretty well versed on russia and all things the subject of russia. When you hear this being explained away by some as a rookie mistake, is that a suitable explanation to you . Explanation to you . Well no. First of all, youre running a president ial campaign for United States of america. No excuses for rookie mistakes. Second you brought Paul Manafort to the meeting. He has years and decades of experience in that part of the world. Hes a grown up hes dealt with russians and ukrainians. He should have known. Third, they should have had somebody like me on the staff, somebody vetting foreign contacts. We had no foreign contacts by the way. They should have had somebody to look into this thing and say, hey, maybe this is a bad idea. Maybe this is not what you think it is. Michael, to hear donald trump jr. Tell it there wasnt much to this meeting. They didnt actually get the damaging information that apparently were hoping to get. What would russia have been up to in that circumstance. Send someone over there not armed with the goods but to meet with these folks. Some people in the intelligence circles call that a dangle. Is that what you think it is . It very well could be. That happens often in these kind of cases. Lets just be clear. They thought they were going to get something major, right . Weve all read the call he was doing for his friend why did he bring two of the mostoi senior people in the campaign toam that meeting so they thought they were going to get something. And from the russian side they could have thought, lets see if they want to play lets see if they want to engage. And i want to underscore one last thing, weve only heard one persons interpretation of what happened. We dont know what they discussed. I hope somebody will get to the bottom of that someday. Former Russian AmbassadorMichael Mcfaul great to see you, thank you very much. Sure thanks for having me. To capitol hill now where there are new developments in the battle over health care. Senateg republicans set to roll out their revised bill today and nbcs kasie hunt is on the hill for with us the latest hi kasie, good morning. Reporter savannah, good morning. Republican senators going to be huddling one lastka time over that Obamacare Repeal bill which as you say they plan to release later today but there are still so many questions. What exactly are the new details in the plan . Can they pass the bill . And what impact will it have on americans . After weeks ofac secret Negotiations Senate republicans plan to unveil their revised bill to repeal obamacare. As t leadership scrambles to find the 50 republican votes they need tod pass it. Theyve been promising it for years. Reporter in an interview with televangelist pat robertson, President Trump issuing an ominous warning if the bill fails. I will be very angry about it and air lot of people will be very upset but im sitting waiting for the bill to come to my desks. I hope they do it. Reporter but they can only lose two votes and theres still a sharp divide between moderates and conservatives. There are many issues of disagreement. If you were up to me id like to repeal every single word of obamacare, thats what ive been pressing for. Reporter at the heart of the dispute, the origin unanimous plans deep cuts to medicaid. Congressional sources tell nbc news the new measure will still likely slash more than 700 billion from the program. Fiscal conservatives say that will make the Program Sustainable over the long term but moderate like Maines Susan Collins argue it will devastate the hundreds of thousands of people in her state who rely on it. I dont think that we can fix this bill by doing a tweak here and a trim there. It needs a complete overhaul in order to garner my support. Reporter hoping to win over skeptics leadership added 45 billion to fight the Opioid Epidemic and 70 billion fortoa Stabilization Fund for the individual market but conservatives like kentucky senator rand paul says the bill doesnt go far enough. This bill doesnt go close to repeal. Reporter for majority leader mitch mcconnell, the stakes are incredibly high. Postponing the august recess earlier this week keeping senators in washingtonnt well keep monitoring that as facing pressure from his party, the public and his president. Mitch has to pull it off. Hes working very hard. Hes got to pull it off. Reporter today religious leaders will be leading a protest on capitol hill against those cuts to medicaid which they say are a lifeline for seniors, kids and people with disabilities. Its just the latest protest in a string off weeks of protest in opposition to this bill across the country. We have an oupdate on the condition of louisiana congressman steve scalise. E. The House Majority whip has been moved out of the intensive care unit at Med Star Washington Hospital Center but he remains inee serious condition. Scalise was hospitalized nearly a month ago after being shot in the hipos at a congressional baseball practice and suffering numerous internal injuries. Theti 51yearold has undergone several surgeries and is still being treated for an infection. We move to sports now and a major upset at wimbledon. American sam querrey stunning the defending champ to become the first u. S. Man to reach the semifinal in nearly a decade. Then over on the womens side Venus Williams is f looking to clinch herer spot in the final. Nbcsr joe fryer is at the all england club where the americans are doinge pretty well. Joe, good morning to you. Reporter r savannah good morning. Venus williams will play today in the semifinals hoping to get a shot at her sixth wimbledon title. Meanwhile, on the mens side, an american has advanced to the semifinals stunning the tennis world with a major upset. For americanupset. For american sam querrey it took five sets. Didnt do my best kept swinging away and found a groove in the fourth and fifth. Querrey, 24th seed at wimbledon dethroned andy murray who had the advantage of home court and disadvantaged of injured hip now fans are jumping on querrey bandwagon. Americans im rooting for sam. And beyond. A good shot this year. Not his first upset. Last year at wimbledon he beat number one seed novak djokovic. Hes been around a while. Hes 29 not a young player. Hes gotten later in his career he really found his form. At 66 the lanky california native is known as a big server. Hes the First American to reach semifims since semifinals since 2009 if he goes all the way hell be the first to win since roddick did in 2003. It feels great. Its a dream come true. To be in the semifinals at wimbledon makes it special. Men might have a dry spell but Venus Williams is doing well after her car crash. Venus williams and sam querrey hopes to stun the tennis world two more time. Querrey plays the seventh said marin cilic. This tournament marks 27 years since her debut. The oldest woman to reach semifinals since 1994. Joe, i love it love it love it. Thank you. Querrey gets to semifinals. He gets to the finals and could face your guy, roger federer, if he can make it through the finals. In that circumstance who do you root for, the american or roger federer. This is very very difficult. Im going to think about it and call a life line. Al. I go with querrey. I go with i think its time for the weather. Wow. Querrey. I dont need those phone calls. Exactly. Root for the american but you love the rog in your heart. Yes. Yes. Yes. Lets take a look at whats doing on weather wise. Hey, a lot of flooding. If thats your basement youre not too happy right now. Burlington vermont i should say wisconsin, burlington, wisconsin. Were looking at a lot of flooding there. Weve got more flooding possible today stretching from missouri all the way into central and western new york. Strong storms will be firing up today as we watch this system push across. 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